Horton Hears a Who! (film)

A person's a person no matter how small.

Horton Hears a Who! also known as Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!, is a 2008 American CGI animated movie based on the book of the same name by Dr. Seuss.

Directed by Jimmy Hayward and Steve Martino. Written by Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio.

One elephant. One world. One story.

Horton

• A person's a person, no matter how small.
• [in Henry Kissinger's voice] I feel the diplomatic process is beginning to break down.
• I meant what I said, and I said what I meant and an elephant's faithful 100%! That's my code, my motto.
• Come on guys, we're all mammals!
• Hold on, Mr. Mayor. I may have to put up a fight! A frightened elephant can be very dangerous! All right, you've called down the thunder, buddy! Are you hungry for trouble? I'm an all-you-can-eat salad bar, take a bite!
• All right, I gotta get this speck up to the top of Mount Nool ASAP, whatever that means. Probably "act swiftly awesome pachyderm"! I mean, how hard can that be? [sees a loose rope bridge over a deadly chasm] It's a sheer plummet to certain death.
• I love the smell of bananas in the morning!
• Oh, hi Vlad. [Everyone gasps at this, assuming it to be Vlad Vladikoff the vulture, but it's actually the cute "bunny" one who bakes cookies]
• [Watching the clover about to go into the pot of boiling beezelnut oil] NO!
• And most of all, I'd like to thank the Mayor of Whoville, who believed in me from the beginning.

Sour Kangaroo

• If you can't see, hear or feel something, it doesn't exist. And believing in "tiny, imaginary people" is just not something we do... [takes her son's clover he was examining after hearing Horton] ...Or tolerate here in the Jungle of Nool.
• [Horton suggested that he'd be able to get someone to believe him] You will do nothing of the sort. You will not breathe a word of this lie to anyone else, especially the children. I do not want you poisoning their minds with this nonsense. Our community has standards, Horton. If you want to remain a part of it, I recommend you follow them. Oh, and have a nice day.
• That Horton is a menace. He has those kids using their imagination. It's sick!

Ned McDodd, the Mayor

• Horton is a giant elephant in the sky! [everyone looks up] Don't bother looking. He's invisible. And he's the one risking his life to get Whoville, which by the way is a speck on a clover, TO SAFETY!
• [Speaking to JoJo in the Hall of Mayors] You know what's awesome? This is awesome. Just look at the men and women hanging on these walls. You, my boy, are part of a family legacy that spans centuries. You know what? Your grandfather was Mayor of Whoville, mm-hmm, and your great-grandmother, that's right, all the way down to your... [cut to various paintings of his male ancestors, including one in a ballerina outfit, which he calls "not-so-great", with the last one depicting a cave Who] ...Great-great-great-great...not-so-great...great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-greeeaat...grandfather. Someday, I hope to join them, and be one of the greats.
• [after being called a "boob" by the Chairman] He has the nerve to call somebody a boob? I would never call somebody a boob. He's a boob. Look at you. Yuck! Look at your face...and I bet you don't look so good with a stapler in your head! [throws a stapler at a painting of the Chairman, which bounces off and hits him in the face, leaving a staple implanted on his forehead, causing him to scream in pain]

About Horton Hears a Who! (film)

• On the design of the movie, I really felt that Dr. Seuss was our production designer. I got to travel to Audrey Geisel’s (Dr. Seuss’s [Theodor Seuss Geisel] wife) home where Dr. Seuss penned many of his later works. She gave us a wonderful tour and I saw a lot of his artwork on the walls. I saw a couple of sculptures he had done from characters he had drawn. They almost looked like mounted trophies on the wall.

• • Steve Martino, "Directing "Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who": Steve Martino", Christian Cinema, December 1, 2008.

Main voice cast

• Jim Carrey as Horton the Elephant
• Steve Carell as Mayor Ned McDodd
• Carol Burnett as jane Kangaroo
• Will Arnett as Vlad Vladikoff
• Jesse McCartney as JoJo McDodd
• Seth Rogen as Morton the Mouse
• Dan Fogler as Yummo Wickersham and the Councilman
• Michael Pena as Who 1
• Ken Jeong as Who 2
• Ben Schwartz as Who 3
• Josh Gad As Who 4
• Isla Fisher as Doctor Mary Lou LaRue
• Jonah Hill as Tommy tiger
• Amy Poehler as Sally O'Malley
• Jaime Pressly as Mrs. Quilligan
• Niecy Nash as Miss Yelp

Other voice cast

• Shelby Adamowsky as Hedy and Hooly McDodd
• Jack Angel as an Old Time Who
• Caitlin Rose Anderson as Helen McDodd
• Emily Anderson as Heather
• Jan Rabson as the Town Cryer
• John Cygan as Who
• Jess Harnell as Another Who
• Debi Derryberry as a Who Mom
• Samantha Droke as Hildy and Holly McDodd
• Karen Disher as a Who child
• Marshall Efron as a Wickersham guard
• Bill Farmer as Willie Bear
• Jason Fricchione as Joe the Construction Worker
• Heather Goldenhersh as a Who girl
• Selena Gomez as Helga McDodd
• Jimmy Haward as Obnoxious Who
• Joey King as Katie yak
• Christina Martino as Hildy and Holly McDodd
• Ellie Martino as baby Hanna McDodd
• Laraine Newman as a Glummox mother
• Tim Nordquist as a Wickersham guard
• Colleen O'Shaughnessey as Angela deer
• Laura Ortiz as Jessica Quilligan bird
• Joe Pasquale as the Dentist
• Connor Anderson as a Who child

External links

• Horton Hears a Who! quotes at the Internet Movie Database
• Horton Hears a Who! at Rotten Tomatoes
• Horton Hears a Who! at Metacritic
• Trailer at Apple.com
• Trailer at THX.com